The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-07 00:00:00

LITERATURE "4uSICAL LIBPARY. PART XXXL Charles Knight. We have here, for less than the cost of a single ~8 ° fig, airs, instrumental and vocal, from Beethoven, ettioogstraaten, Muller, Travers, Jackson, Geminiani, t • en ' e nti, Rossini, Pinto, and Attie. The work con ainbues to be very carefully conducted ; and, in reality, is al °on to the middling classes, whose income is not the acquir ement of a no less necessary than elegant p ar t fentale education. THE PARTERRE. Effingham Wilson, Jun. th . W e c an scarcely expect to a dd to t h e popu l ar i ty of gunpretending little work by any notice that we can ive it. The tales are prettily told, and of a length fie e, relish e d b y persons who read solely for amuse ent• The verses are selected with care ; and the anecdotes are worthy a place in the memory. ORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET RACES.—YESTERDir. k r. ~.. The Town Plate of 501. for three-year olds. D. I. _ _ t or , v,v T he Town Royal George, Bst. 71b Al t V Grafton's Calmuck, Bst. 71b. 's St. Luke, Bst. 71b. et ° ' werb Y (tal c , in g 6 to 5 agst Royal George, 5 to 2 agst Lord Berners Wo "1 , ), 4to 1 agst Calmuck (taken), and 6 to 1 agst St. Luke. TO uY nearl enth !:e ItutlandS ta kes of . 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two-year-olds; ilts, g o. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner of July or.Ches 'e!lo'field Stakes 71b. extra ; all other winners 31b. Criterion cipi tlrse • 12 Subs. I.2‘tiel peel's c. by Gaberlunzie,7lb Sir o r d ' s , 2 sCeo.rban, bro. to BeLram, 9st 3 Dra ke ° by Cetus, Bst. 71b 1) 4 of Grafton's f. Algebra, by Ranville, Bst. 31b 4 e of 5 t , Rutland's f. by Bedlamite, Bst. 31b ii.l e v tt l--6 to 5 agst Corban, 3 to 1 agst Col. Peel's, 4 to 1 agst I • °o d's, and 10 to 1 agst Algebra. Won by a head. or t i The King's Plate of 100 g 7 R. C. Aii.. seollesterfield's Hornsea, 4 yrs, lOst 71b Robinson 1 si r. c ,.werby , „ 2 Rioter, 5 yrs, l Ist. 71b ' Grant na. Mozart, 4 yrs, lOst. 71b She 10 to lon Hornsea, who won by a length. ePstakes of 100 sovs each, haft , for fillies, Bst. 51b. T. Y. C. „,, , 3 Subs. Lo r e V . veers Rosabel Pavia 1 kr. `.lehfield's f. b Priam out of Zillah Greville's Marietta ' Al t 7t04 on R osa b e l. W on c l ever l y . 8 ateh for 200, h. ft. T.Y.C., between Sir M. Wood's rotl l an er to Glaucus d Lord ' Lichfield's Hector was off. AT. WREXHAM RACES.—TUEMAIr. ,144,h;', , Produce St a k es o f 25 sovs . eac h. T w i ce roun d. e li, 3 „Westminster's f. by Teniers, out of Banter, walked over. I , - Y - pys Stak es o f 25 so's. each, for three years old. Once "tr round and a distance. %%Vi s e °f Westminster's c. by Sultan, Bst. 41b Lear 1 , A (-; tYri sb. c Tom Shipman, Bst. 41b ' i r(lll7: 4 ,Cup of C. sovs. was walked over for by Mr. Mostyn's 4 Th. e ,,,,," yrs, Bst. 111 b. 1 7. /s/L"Ynnstay Plate of 50/., for all ages. Heats, one mile. gr. eney's Friar Tuck, 4 yrsf 7st. 121 b Marlow 1 1 T.-. Price's S 89 n's Lady tafforde Moor Care w6st. 1 , 6 yrs, 2lb 2 Bst. 121 b 3 2 41, yrs 3 rije t . th 4 4 0 ND ( YORKSHIRE) RACES.—TUESDA r. i "`efibers' Plate of 70 sovs., for horses that never won 50/. . c S. t Heats, two miles. 'olow ; Fox's The Carpenter, 3 yrs, ist Grey 1 1 ‘-' Cradock's Patriot, 3 yrs, 7st. "eeDstakes of 25 sows. each, h. ft., for two yrs old ; colts, it 1 Aft„,, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. "Itite c - "d's Clinto (31b) W.Wetherel 1 °' Leeds's Darling (31b) It. The S a pli ng S takes of 251. each, for twolyears old. lle ha.(lll,s's h. c. by Voltaire ' g ilt Squadron to run on Tuesday for one quarter of the stake, 1 giving one sov. to the second . 4 l Y t he' The ~ S s e 'ae - "num.— , .• - ..W. Rhodes 1 ---- , L ei , unpson's Molly fir: t Squadron to run on Tuesday for one quarter of the Stake, it. , giving one sovereign to the second. _ _ It iSuomson's Holtbv Owner 1 tr. i‘ii i rt_e, s P n ' s Skylirk "r bens sn. by Octavius • A s SHIFFNAL RACE — S.—MoyDA r. ?11 . b weepstak es of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added. 6 Subs. tptair,well's Belba, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Ir. p" Lamb's Count D'Orsay, 3 yrs, 7st. 1:21b 2 l ip• isi,LWler na. b. f. by Memnon, 3 yrs, Gst. 111 b. 3 4e L a rl na. Lucy, aged, 9st. 81b 4 es' Purse of 20 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. I t 1 , each. 'opt k i • 4 ' l ; 2. Piga na. Emily, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b Arthur 2 1 1 11,. : I 'unny' s b. m. by Pantaloon, 3 yrs, ist ... ...... 1 2 2 Nt (1":".G1I'S STAG-HOUNDs.—This . crack pack met for the id , L J this season, at their favourite meet,_Da_wleyWall, Noble -6 tp"tirett together a well-mounted and select field of 6 pl Gentlemen, amongst whom we noticed Lord H A ln d n o e l : qs.itteiarence, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Seymour te a , I t Charles Tollemache, Captains Best and e. 48' Elmore, Anderson, Mason, Williams, Foster S t e ß y-m ro e w u n r , o i esil A .i t half -past twelve o'clock, the hounds werelaidon of at a 4401, facin g the Harrow country, in the presence .. thrP. of the resident gentryin their carriages, w t it b h av a e lo b v e e e l n y eof the fair sex, to whom the sight mus . [44.3' gratifying. The deer, brook instead of carrying head to 4 t w, turned towards Clark's Park, and cleared a . l a few others tried it Fa - kln°lsetlY 441, could. De B , bu t a strong ox-fence rendered and it impossible. The . abled the field to comehuoPunhdys Ithh! headed round, and te447al, and it was a beautiful sight to see the 11,v,.'ag over the meadows and across the canal, an the b fi li e n ld , a slight check enabling itftitillg, over the heavy 1)t ti° ee tae, as the deer ag m a a in rshea de on as if for Redhill, but NI, 4.eugh the line of covers to ma the left, the huntingbubteanuo tt nearly enough, tp pi ,, l ld the horses, having NI; on h e kept for Chorley isrey Wood, where the . milase „dahtve some few the hint that there . wa fi s ld su a c e h tt l ng pl place as : 1 , ill; feu et their horses back to , the e 'gll, es better adapted for the first of a chase than the ,til 4 we drew on to Amersham, where the deer was safely 'tta ot ll the Common—thanks to a few good fellows, i . tte l s i e s ' after an excellent chase of two hours and a half. A 4 0 44ti ag chase for the first of the season we never recollect. Itiotip, NO EXTRAORDINARY. —Yesterday . morning a curious rt'etPnatch took place in the parish of St. Bride, Fleet heletei t oreen two gentlemen of the firm of Bonsor and C 0., About eleven o'clock it fate Stationers, Salisbury-square. to the top tllle;ties, with their Mantons in hand, proceeded . kiireniises, from whence they had avery near view of 41 lle:te' sohurch. At this time a falcon appeared, which d ki l l ,. thll,le years resident in the . steeple, and which had i-wil,st,error of the feathered tribe within the city. Many tO b tti`e ee Ping pigeons had lost from time to time large ,`ll. b.' 'tern their flocks, and the remains of pigeons and T.,t15:113 have been found in the belfry by the ringers and g over a hole of the ;` ll ‘l l -11 ,, °111 . The falcon ll' l.chl tli :I_ ll °lle . of the Messrs w . w. aa ß in o g h n . o s v or eri fi a red and wounded him Nal'ue thick part of one The falcon made an in 'othe attempt to escape, during which time Mr. Bonsor's . I N 1.: 4 q, and hit him on the body; notwithstanding he i'atw .l 'i l l tni any houses, and fell in the b y e ar w d as of tn a ke h m ouse Th in e ):14 ,`!eet, Salisbury square, where he 11 1 ) tei! ci . e atlY an old one, and strong ie l a flo a r p i il had til:att4Zee Messrs. Bon . sor ti f i o e a llowed their game, yard of which the . a n 4 4 4, and ~.;ta the house ir! lit e !)ff t o tVe.lrrned their victim in due form. Hav t i bo g ug t b ak u e n e . 4 to fly, ..., el warehouse, still alive and . stron g , li k i l afteii ng `a s y procured some prussic acid and pu t an end to Query —Has not the Lord FalconerofE?ng (\kale Pri;Zegewhich in this case has been infringed `'XI , Sk ( , ; 1111 ) OCT. s.—This morning, the Rev. Zta ied, alter a severe illness of three weeks,about four ' l i s q -°wl eY, D. D., Master of University College, and I- eellen,alleellor of this University. He was elected head of e l alta °in 1 821 d took the degree of D.D. June 15 in 1 4 4 1 , 1 4 3;re_itr, was ' a a p a pointed Vice- Chancellor just before Mi to. /eats ; 1111 , 1 832, and as this office is usually held for 'ellt We e k 4t period would have expired at the end of the l e t l e k e:tl le ,, , With the exception of Dr. Richards,. c who died it r at has not occurred a death of a Vice-Chancellor Gilbert, ttehtottPwards of fifty years. . Principal of k iettn,. le College is next in rotati D on r. for the office. ti t ers fr " l ItOrne talk of the sudden disap an p d ea p r o a r n t e u e . ti p: h 3° _, l7 ef7,,,, i4 e u:2 ! !n o d of th d e number of Spaniards k l ,e: (r e , s `_*_ 7ati Whole Court. however, name, does 47 1t Part 0f ,7 1.. the undertaking, .and several German rin o g ffic w e i r t a h , I ch has been preparing I illy st uis flow Crusade, w..11_. I% (11 04, ('‘.17., The late events in Portugal have damped '" tl i efre 'tts' ° o ' ,t_iia e nterprise, and g . iven another direction 0 th ro eiaise a . c ounter-revolution in favour of the usurper titer nof Lisbon. r s- Ill albs: IYI AC CIDENT.—A pilot-boat, . manned ,r [l7: ,-11-olaiiNiticohell and Thomas Smith, two experienced w p .t i . - *tit ' ? ally wir,laY on a sea excursion at Guernsey, _ n i .- t1 Id Y et Load t!, professor of mathematics . at - the U . i_ 1 1 -,, c0 /I „,_ .orl, with his lady, to whom he was lately married, lial➢ vii. P . 4lll ed by another lady whose name is not known. edto'escla.rtte small island of Herm from whence they pro- Nl', 41)1,4,4.. where they remained till Wednesday after -4t 41 444 n g very fresh at the time, the boatmen and se te ants of that island advised the Guernsey pilots ki 11 ht to kll„,°t proem_,se, but unfortunately without avail. They 11 4 tli e ti7ueol far from the creek whence they saile , r f0.11b0ar;11,47..? ,Gosselin, when the boat was swamped, and 1 . i1 41. Sarkprqsaed, n otwithstanding the . endeavours of three 1 ) ;f th s i;7 v tl e , a who proceeded to their assistance at the Llae 14kG A 1,, 'Or w•I .kEPORNI.--They must -he r i fil ilY blind b e wofully ob lett., s . lo t , of Reform who do flo u t see the rapid n progress i w n hic i l n i 'tltlletiltds. T he l' .l t F e , 7 1. of Commons which eon, 4U PPort th section in the . /louse ,0 kr lit at • e question, if agitated at the present moment, ' lit IvelY insignificant • so were formerly the numb_ers m in . l aity ii Catholic em ancipation, and of Reform in the tje Pltillik °llse. Tlio arty out of doors which would support ~(I":(l::_te..ehangeP.in the Constitution of the House of re 'Nis i n in point of numbers, although not.,co.n -44%190 Point of aristocratic influence, but it is dully m a 6 0111.--„Dumfries Times. COURT CIRCULAR. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, arrived in town on Wednesday afternoon from Paris. His Excellency had a long interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign Office. M. Wallez, the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs. Lord John Russell left town yesterday afternoon for Ton. bridge Wells. _ Lord Glenelg left town yesterday morning. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at their seat, Bretby Park, Leicestershire, from Lord Forester's seat, Willey Park, Salop ; Sir Charles Cockerel], Bart., M. P., at his seat, Se z incot, Gloucestershire, from a tour ; Sir John and Lady Cuth bert, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, from Windsor; Captain Moore, at Ragget's Hotel, Dover-street, from Chel tenham ; J, M. Harris, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. David Burgess, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Leamington ; Lord Berehaven, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Ireland ; J. H. Turner, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool ; General Crosby, at his seat, near Petersfield, from Cheltenham; Mr. Rice, at the St. George's Hotel, Al bemarle -street, from Dover ; Mr. Little, at ditto, from a tour ; Mrs. and Miss Trotter, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, from Epsom; Sir J. B. Mill, Bart., at ditto, from Not tisfont ; E. Waddelove, Esq., at ditto, from Hants ; Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, at the Green Park Hotel, Piccadilly, from the Island of Jamaica. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Clanricarde, from St. James's-square, for his seat in Ireland ; R. D. Shafto, Esq., from Brighton, for his seat near Durham ; the Earl of Pembroke, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, for Newmarket ; Mr. and Mrs. Levesey and family, from Symmon's Hotel, St. James's-street, for their seat in Lincolnshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Elwes, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Paris; Mrs. Phillips and family, from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brooks, from ditto, for the Continent ; the Rev. J. Davis, from ditto, on a tour ; Wm. Patrick, Esq., from ditto, for Cheltenham; L. Smith, Esq., from ditto, for Scotland; Lady Bellingham, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Kingston; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. East court and family, from ditto, for Glouceshire ; J. R. Godley, Esq., from ditto, for Guildford; Sir George Pigot and the Misses Pigot, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Newmarket; General and Mrs. Durham, from ditto, for Largo, N. B. ; Richard H. Fitzherbert, Esq., and Mr. Carr, from ditto, for Chatham ; the Marchioness Gabuccina Taaffe and suite, from the Green Park Hotel, Piccadilly, for the Con tinent; Lord and Lady Adair, from ditto, for ditto; Vincent Robinson, Esq., from ditto, for St. Petersburg. The Duchess of Marlborough hzs arrived in Green-street, Park-lane, from Hastings. The Duke, who has been on a tour, has left Worthing, for Blenheim Park, Woodstock. Prince Esterhazy has arrived at Paris. _._. ____ ... .__ The Duke of Wellington will proceed on his annual visiting tour, after leaving Stratfieldsay, commencing with the Duke of Beaufort at Badmington, and enclitic , with the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, and the Earl of b Westmoreland at Apthorpe. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's arrived at Southampton yesterday from Salisbury. Their Graces will cross the water to the Isle of Wight for a few days, if the weather will permit, and will return to town at the end of the present month. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton have ar rived at Bath, on a visit to Wm. Beckford, Esq., where they will sojourn for a short period, her Grace intending to partake of the neighbouring waters. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have been treated with extraordinary distinction and favour by the King and Queen of Sweden and by the Empress of Russia at St. Petersburgh. The Noble Marquis and his Lady, ac cording to the latest accounts, intended to proceed to Moscow, to meet the Emperor, and to return to St. Petersburgh about the 10th or 12th of this month. The Marquis of Clanricarde is still on the Continent. His Lordship left Paris last week for the Royal chateau of Compeigne, on a visit to the King of the French, and to see the army encamped at that place. The Marchioness of Westminster returned to Eaton Hall, in Cheshire, on Friday last, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at their seat near Manchester. The Mar quis arrived on Tuesday last from the same place. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor are also arrived at Eaton Park. The Earl and Countess will join the family circle at Christmas, at which period his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is ex pected on a visit for a fortnight. Despatches, dated June 11, were received yester day morning at the India Board from Bombay. Despatches dated Sept. 6, were received yesterday morning at the Foreign Department from Lord Ponsonby, at Constantinople. Despatches were also forwarded to-day from the Foreign Department for the same Noble Lord ; for Lord Durham, at St. Petersburgh ; Lord Howard de Walden, at Lisbon ; and for the British Ambassador at Madrid. FRANKFORT, SEPT 28.—The financial crisis con tinues ; money is very scarce. The anniversary dinner of the Chester and Cheshire Conservative Association takes place at the Albion, Hotel, in that city, on Monday next, Lord Viscount Combermere in the Chair. The election for a third physician to the infirmary at Derby took place on Wednesday, when Dr. Heygate was elected ; the numbers being—for Dr. Heygate, 90 ; for Dr. Watson, 85. The Inspector-General of Cavalry, Major-General Sir Chas. Dalbaic, M. P., attended by his Aide-de-Camp, Major Ward, is making a tour of inspection in the northern districts. _ The Hon. Colonel Lygon and family returned to Grosvenor-place yesterday from a tour in Cornwall. The Hon. Captain Hotham, R.N., and Lady Susan Hotham have arrived at Eastbourne, from Tunbridge Wells. The review of the East Kent Yeomanry Cavalry will take place in Eastwell Park, on Friday, when Colonel Brotherton will review the troops. Sir Win. Pringle is expected at Worthing in a few days. Yesterday the remains of the infant daughter of Ro bert Throckmorton, Esq., M. P. for Berkshire, were received in London from Lausanne, in Switzerland, and conveyed to Buckland House, near Farringdon, for interment in the family vault. It has been stated that Sir James Graham had come from Netherby to attend the funeral of his sister, who had died in the prime of her life. This was an error; his visit being to attend the funeral of his mother, the late Right Hon. Lady Catharine Graham, who died after a lingering illness. The Lady Maria Madden, the sister of Sir James, is seriously ill, so much so that her recovery is despaired of. R. Ormsby Gore, Esq., in conjunction with R. Borough, Esq., will act as steward of the Oswestry races next year. _ St. George's Chain], Albemarle-street, which has for some time past been undergoing repair throughout, is now ready to be opened for divine service. There are a hundred seats in the chapel reserved for the accommodation of the poor. The renovation of the fine cathedral at York is nearly completed, with the exception of a spire, which will be soon finished. On Tuesday there was a meeting at the Star Inn, Lewes, of the East Sussex Agricultural Association, at which were present the Earl of Chichester (Chairman), Lord Viscount Gage, the Hon. General Trevor, John Ellman, Esq., and several influential gentlemen of the county ; when it was resolved to give premiums some time in December to the most deserving farm servants. The young lady who eloped from one of the Royal Palaces with a young man in humble life is a Miss M., the near relative of the Duke of R. The Attornev-General, with Lady Stratheden 1 anded from the London steamer on Friday morning, and proceeded on a visit to his brother, Sir G. Campbell, of Edenwood. THE EARL OF WESTMORLAND.—The Noble Lord returned to town from Brighton unexpeetedly ; it was stated to meet his son, the Hon. Colonel Fane, lately arrived from the Continent in ill health. Now, the fact is, his Lord ship came to his house in Grosvenor-square for the express purpose of undergoing an operation on his eyes for a cataract, which has since been successfully performed by a celebrated oculist. The Earl and Countess of Burlington are expected, shortly to proceed to their elegant mansion at Eastbourne ; the Earl and his Countess are at present on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth are enter taining a select party of friends at Sandwell. Count and Countess de Pasture are amongst the latest fashionable arrivals at Bath. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, youngest brother to the Duke of St. Alban's, has joined the Russell line-of-battle ship, Captain Sir W. 11. Dillon, as Admiralty mate. Lord Langford has arrived at the Steyne Hotel, Worthing. Lordßrudenell, according to his original intention, has left town for the Continent, and will proceed overland to India to join his regiment, the 11th Dragoons. The Winchester; t a ccompan i e d b y h i s fa mily,he have The Bishop of London will shortly visit his mother, Mrs. Blomfield, at Bury. _ _ Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have arrived at Chatsworth, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire. Lord Jeffrey has so far recovered from his indispo sition as to be able yesterday morning to resum e his seat on the bench.—Glasgow Courier. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael, brother to the Emperor of Russia, and suite, are expected to arrive at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, on Wednesday next, from the Hague. Count Tolstoy, brother to the Russian Secretary of Legation, and Aide-de-Camp to the Grand Duke, arrived in town on Wednesday, from Rotterdam, to prepare for his reception. The Grand Duke is ordered by his brother, the Czar, to travel for the benefit of his health. NORTHAMPTON-THURSDAY. This is a day glorious in the annals of Northampton Conservatism. All the country has heard of the grand " feed" that was to take place to-day at the George Hotel, and the neighbouring counties of Warwick, Leicester, Bucks, and every place near and far from the scene have been beaten up for the purpose of making a muster. In this iliey have partially succeeded, for Birmingham, War wick, Leicester, Peterborough, and a number of other places have assisted in forming a rank and file that should ap pear respectable. The number that sat down to dinner i s said to he near six hundred, and the report may be true, for after all the exertions of which I have spoken, it would seem strange if our Tory-ridden county and neighbourhood could not send as many to a six-and-sixpenny dinner. But a large number of tickets were, as usual, given away, and at one table there might be seen seated, luxuriating over a repast which they had seldom before seen equalled, much less partaken of, a number of poor fellows who had been employed by the Tories in the Registration Court for the three previous days, and who could not, from their appear. ance,have mustered a bottle of wine amongst them. These men were the " runners" employed as I have stated, and they sat in good company—even the very grave-diggers of the parish were their companions. The speeches were Conservative to the back-bone— though mediocre in talent, they were violent and rancorous —but your readers will not require a specimen. The bill of fare presented us with the usual Conservative toasts, which were given and acknowledged by George Payne, Esq., of Sulby Hall, who presided ; W. R. Cartwright, Esq., M.P., C. Ross, Esq. (our borough member, and, we hope, for the last time), Sir T. F. Freemantle, B a rt., M.P., T. R. Thornton, Esq., of Brockhall, Rev. Dr. Butler, of Gayton, Rev. J. Wetherell (a famous political Conserva tive parson of the Northern Division), Charles Freeman, Esq. (the Mayor of Northampton), Hon. P. S. Pierrepont, Sir Charles Knightley, M.P., T. P. Maunsell, Esq., M.P., Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq., of Rugby, Dr. Robertson, &c. &c. There is no occasion to state the toasts—they will be anticipated. I forgot to state that the morning was ushered in by the ringing of the church bells, which continued their merry peals during a great part of the day. 'Tis a pity the vicar should lend his church to political, when he will not lend it to religious purposes. There were lots of Tory parsons and Tory lawyers here. L 46 ?iLo- THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1836, MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. On the evening of Wednesday se'nnight, Mr. D. Har rison, of Bath, delivered a lecture at the Mechanics' In stitution, on a Quadrantal System of Mental Calculation, in which he pointed out a novel and astonishingly expedi tious method of reducing the largest sums of money, as well as of weights and measures of all kinds, to their lowest denominations ; with a method for amplifying and facilitat ing the solution of the most intricate and dif f icult ques tions, by mental calculation only ; and also pointed out, with much force, the use and beauty of numbers in most of the sciences. His audience was highly delighted and astonished at the very great ease and exactness with which Mr. Harrison answered several difficult arithmetical ques tions, put by a member of the Institution, who had, with much trouble and time, previously worked them out in the usual way. Many of the answers were given much faster than they could be written down, thereby proving that there is something more than mere theory in his system. Mr. Harrison will deliver a second lecture on Wednesday, November 2 ; and we understand that he is about publish ing a work, illustrative of his system.—Bristol Mercury, Oct. 1. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Shakspeare's tragedy of King John was played last night at this theatre. We must dissent from those critics who assert that the three first acts of this drama are tedious and flagging. To be sure the hero has but little to do in them ; but how can that be tedious which is so filled up with the exquisite character of Faulconbridge—that strange yet not startling mixture of Hotspur and Mereutio, with a dash of the crook-back tyrant's selfishness. This character, in the hands of Charles Kemble, would in itself furnish an evening's entertainment to the lovers of the pure drama. Every line told, forcibly reminding us of Kean's delivery of the " conscience" speech in Richard the Third. Macready's King John we do not hesitate to pronounce one of his first and most finished performances. From first to last it is per fect, and the seeming tameness of the early scenes contrast powerfully with the subsequent ones. The scene with Hubert when Arthur's death is first proposed, may challenge the memory of our oldest play-goers to match it. During the entire of this terribly-trying effort Mr. Macready kept his full front to the audience, and made his face the commen tary of his words—a task which few actors could dare attempt, much less succeed in. Miss Helen Faucit ap peared for the first time in the much-curtailed but still try ing character of Lady Constance, and we are happy to say with most unequivocal success. Some of the characteris tics of the part are peculiarly her own. The sanguine hope, the strict honour, the strong affection, woman's abiding law and impulse—to which she clings herself, and for which she relies upon others—were beautifully portrayed. Mr, Ben nett's Hubert, though over-acted, was, with one exception, very good. LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL. (Abridged from the Morning Post.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The first grand miscellaneous concert took place last night at the Amphi theatre, which was extremely well filled, although the place was not inconveniently crowded. The members of the band were all present save Dragonetti, who was absent, we regret to state, from severe indisposition. Ponder, the ophi cleide performer, who met with the unfortunate accident with Pigott, the violinist, on their way to the Manchester Festival, was sufficiently recovered to resume his post, from which he can ill be spared. At eight o'clock Sir George Smart gave the signal, and the band commenced the sym phony. The very graceful glee which followed was en cored, and if there had been no other merit than the man ner of its execution, it would have deserved the compli ment. The voices were harmoniously blended, and there was no unnatural striving after undue pre-eminence on the part of any individual vocalist. The reception of Caradori Allan was extremely flattering. Several distinct rounds of applause were bestowed upon her. Lindley's concerto was of course especially admired, and his harmonies the theme of universal admiration. The next piece introduced Mrs. Wood, whose appearance as hailed with tumultuous cheering, prolonged for some time. She looked ex tremely well, and sang superbly. A more elegant canzonet than the " Haste, my Nannette" of Travers, was never written. It is replete with the most grace ful phrases, and was charmingly executed by the two great artistes to whom it was entrusted. Mrs. W. Knyvett, singing of " Lo, here the gentle lark," has been long appre ciated, and Nicholson's inimitable flute obligato equally famed. Braham's entrance was signalised by much appro bation. The Norwegian prodigy was the next in succes sion. He came on the stage with his usual timid and hurried step, but was no sooner recognised than the Liver pool dilettanti saluted his ears with a right hearty burst of welcome. He and Bochsa were engaged, as we have before stated, in the place of De Beriot, and receive for the two evening performances the sum of 400 guineas, having given up several provincial engagements in order to attend this Festival. The concerto performed by Ole B. Bull is the polacca guerriera, played at his first concert at the King's Theatre, and subsequently done by him at the Philharmonic Society. Since we last heard Ole Bull in town he has greatly improved in his intonation, and his execution is also, if possible, more finished. It is difficult to convey an accu rate notion of the sensation which he produced. The first part of the programme terminated with Mrs. Wood's sing ing of the finale to Cinderella. The next piece was re markable from the construction put upon the words by some portion of the audience. We subjoin them, to explain the sensation which was created by Mrs. Wood's singing : They kneel round the altar, the organ has ceased, The hands of the lovers are joined by the priest, That bond which death only can sever again, Which proves ever after life's blessing or ban. ; A bridal like this is a sorrowful sight, See the pals girl is bride to the feeble old knight 1 Again the bells ring, and the moment is come, For the young heart's worst trial, the last look of home 1 They pass from the village—how eagerly still She turns, and looks back from the brow of the hill, She sees the white cottage, the garden she made, And she thinks of her lover, abandoned, betrayed. But who with arms folded hath lingered se long, To watch the procession apart from the throng ? 'Tis He 1 the forsaken, the false one is gone, He turns to his desolate dwelling alone ; But happier there than the doom that awaits The bride who must smile on a being she hates We may, perhaps, sufficiently illustrate this little episode in the concert by mentioning that it was said Lord W. Len nox was present. Mrs. Wood gave the words with thrilling effect. The expression of the countenance in the concluding line could not be mistaken. It -may have been acting, but it was taken as a natural emanation of feeling. The en core was tremendous, and the incident altogether was one which will not be easily forgotten. WEDNESDAY NIGHT,—The first sacred performance took place this night at St. Peter's Church, which at an early hour was crowded to excess. If there had been accommodation, twice the number of visitors would have attended, for the application for tickets was beyond all calculation. The chorus was principally selected from the choral societies of the town, Manchester, Sheffield, Bir mingham, Preston, Huddersfield, Oldham, Newcastle, York, and other places in the North. There were 38 cantos, 28 altos, 28 tenors, 38 basses, making a total of 132 voices, which, with the leading vocalists, band, conductor, &c., constituted an entire orchestra of about 220 performers. The burst consequently upon Attwood's Coronation An them, in which the composer has interwoven " Rule Bri tannia," was extremely grand and impressive. The choruses were spiritedly executed, and the great feature of this se lection, after these masterly displays, was the finale by Mrs. Wood. She sang it with electrical power, and it is to be regretted that it was not called for a second time ; but the lateness of the hour had fatigued the company, amongst whom we noticed the principal members of the Derby family, the Earl of Wilton, Lord Skelmersdale, Lord San don, M.P. ; Lord C. Thynne, &c. There is no concert this evening, on account of the Mayor's dinner to the Com mittee of Management. A full rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Paul takes place to-night at St. Peter's Church. DUNBAR, SEPT. 30.—Last night or this morning the sloop Bee, of Berwick, laden with grain, came ashore near Tyne-water. The sea was very rough, and it is thought she had struck, and the men had taken to the boat, but owing to the darkness of the night they had drifted to Belhaven water foot, whore the boat upset, and the whole of the crew were drowned. BRUSSELS. OCT. 2.—A funeral service, in memory of Madame de Beriot was celebrated yesterday morning in the church of Laeken, which was attended by the friends and relations of Monsieur and Madame de Beriot, by deputations from the musical societies of Brussels, and numerous admirers of the talents of the artist whose loss is so universally de plored. " Some journals," says the Courrier Beige," express an opinion that there can be no foundation for the reports of preparation of war said to be making in Holland for the pur pose of a new invasion of Belgium. We thought it our duty to publish whatever we had been told on the subject, in a letter from Paris, that if there were any foundation for it, we might at least not have to reproach ourselves with neglecting to inform the Government of what was passing. To-day we think ourselves obliged to act in the same man ner. We have the following in a letter from Ghent, of October 1 : " There is a great movement among the troops in that part of Flanders which is still occupied by the Dutch ; and from the measures of our enemies we expect a speedy attack on the sluice called Des Isabelles, the only position on the Scheldt which we have preserved in that country. " A landowner, who resides near the point which seems to be threatened, has just sent an express to the General com manding in the Province, to inform him of what is passing in Dutch Flanders." Will this information be regarded ? Is it remembered what passed in 1831, on the surprise of the sluice of Ca petalendam in circumstances precisely similar to the present ? The possession of the Sluice des Isabelles is of the great est importance to us, because it gives us access to the Scheldt ; and to the enemy because it is the only point oc cupied by the Belgians that interrupt his communications on the whole line "in Flanders, between the two extreme points of Sas and Capetalendam. OCT. 4.—Baron Venim, the Prussian Minister, and Ge neral de Merckx, set out for Germany the day before yes terday. OCT. s.—The average prices of Wheat Rye for the week, from 26th Sept. to Ist Oct., were—Wheat, 16f. 46 cents., and Rye 10f. 62 cents. per hectolitre ; the import duty respectively, 37f. 50 cents., and 21f. 50 cents. per 1,000 kilogrammes. A letter from New York, of Sept. 7, informs us that the Congress, on the representation of the Belgian Government, has decided that our ships and goods shall be admitted on the same footing, and paying the same duties, as Dutch and other privileged ships. BELGIAN I UNDS—BaussELs, OCT. 5. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Itothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO Loan of Thirty Millions 92% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. lOO Society of Commerce, 4 S‘; per Cent 142% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 124% —Brussels Papers, Oct. 6. SPAIN. (From the Madrid Papers.) Madrid, Sept. 27. PROTEST OF THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETY OF MADRID AD DRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE lIOME DEPARTMENT. The undersigned members of the Patriotic Society, which they have the honour to represent, inform you that they have read in•yesterday's Gazette a Royal order, ad. dressed to the municipality of Madrid on the 19th instant, in which her Majesty states, that having taken into consi deration the wishes expressed by the municipal corporation, she refuses to extend her protection aad support to the Patriotic Society, and forbids it to assemble. All the members of the Society boast a glory in being faithful sub jects of her Majesty, and consequently they respect her orders ; but, observing strictly the laws, they desire also to defend true public order, which cannot exist unless the go verning body and the governed interpret in their literal sense the provisions of the law. This course of conduct alone can ensure and consolidate the public tranquillity, and no departure, even the most trivial, can be made from it with out promoting disunion and disorder, and producing dissen tions which would not fail to weaken and enfeeble all poli tical association. Your Excellency must be convinced of the truth and justness of these principles of co nstitutional law, which we grieve to say have been violated in regard to the patriotic societies, legally au th orise d by the decree of the Cortes of the 21st of October, 1820, as well as by the . law of the Ist of November, 182 2 , sanctioned by t he ng on the 29th of the same month. The manifest infraction of this law, together with the violation of the 131st article of the Constitution, which we haVe all sworntci n observe in I virtue of a Roy a l orde r , pl aces the undersig ned the E xc ellency,.. thhe a r t o beingrpain_de r ful necessity of declaring to your faithful subjects of her Majesty, and respectingd 1 the society will suspe n d its meetings, out the same ti me, exercising the right w hich the artic le 373 of the Constitu tion gives to every Spanish citizen, faceth eyeri,of the approaching reseravpeptroehing the them selves the liberty of ' pro t es ting, in Cortes, against the infracti o n of text of the law com mitted by the responsible advisers of the Crown. Dated Madrid, Sept. 23. Signed by the President, the Secretaries, and Treasurer of the Society. Letters from Bayonne of the Ist. inst. announce that Don Carlos had not yet left Estella, on the 28th ult., and that General Villareal had returned to Salinas, from his late i n the valley of Mina. incursion 0 ,000 men had been shipped on the 28th at St. Sebastian, for Gijon, to oppose the progress of the Carlist expedition, into the Asturias. A letter from Hernani of the 29th stated that the British Auxiliaries had lost 100 men, between killed and wounded, at the affair of Lasarte, on the 27th. M. de to Lour Maubourg, the French Ambassador in Spain, reached Ba yonne on the 30th. SWITZERLAND The Federal Directory has addressed the following cir cular to the cantons : " BER NE , SEPT. 29.—Most honoured, faithful, and dear Confederates,—ln consequence of a resolution of the ordi nary Diet of 1836, dated the 29th of August last, the Fe deral Directory addressed, on the same day, to the Ambas sador of France in Switzerland, the note of which the tenour had been discussed and agreed to on that day by the Federal Assembly. " In answer to that note of the Diet, the Federal Di rectory has received the here annexed communication of th Ambassador of France, dated the 27th inst„ which, al leging as reasons the above-mentioned note of the 29th of August, as also the debates on the affair of Auguste Con seil, announces to the Confederation that the Embassy ac credited in Berne by his Majesty the King of the French has received orders from its Government to suspend all official intercourse with Switzerland until France shall have obtained satisfaction for those facts. " Considering the important consequences a communica tion of the kind may have, and, in particular, its having been occasioned by the decisions and deliberations of the Ordinary Diet of 1836, the Federal Directory deems it expedient, agreeably to the provisions of the Bth article of the Federal Constitution, to convoke in Berne an Extra ordinary Diet for Monday, October 17, and to address to all the States a pressing invitation to furnish their Deputies in that Extraordinary Assembly with extensive instructions and powers, which will enable them to concur efficaciously in everything that may be decided upon and agreed to under existing circumstances, in the wdl-understood inte rests of the Confederation, specially as regards the present relations between Switzerland and France, and also as re gards the relations of Switzerland with Foreign Powers generally. " We rely on the enlightened spirit and patriotic senti ments of all the cantonal Governments, and trust they will concur efficaciously in every act which the welfare, honour, and independence of Switzerland may require, in the com plicated circumstances in which our beloved country is now placed. " With this expectation, we offer you, &c. " The Avoyer and Executive Council of the Canton of Berne, forming the Federal Directory. " TSCHARNER, Avoyer. AM. RHYM, Federal Chancellor." Dr. Keller has completed the bill intended to regulate the condition of foreigners and political refugees in the Canton. The bill will be laid before the Grand Council in the course of next session. Its principal object is the execution of the Concordat, and the definition of the right of asylum. The following are the most striking provisions of the bill • " Foreigners are forbidden to take any part whatsoever in secret or political societies. The expelled individual who shall have violated his parole shall be sentenced to hard labour. The Executive Directory is empowered to annull all concessions of rights of citizenship, contrary to the laws, even those granted previously to the promulgation of the present law." CALAMITOUS FIRE AT QUEBEC By the arrival of the ship Samuel, in twenty-three days from Quebec, we received the particulars of a most de structive fire which occurred at Quebec on the 10th of September. This day at noon, a fire broke out in the up per store in the Queen's Wharf, occupied by Mr. Vass, which speedily communicated to the stores of Mr. Buteau, and the landing warehouse near the Cul-de-Sac, and to the dwelling-houses in front. The fire is now (three o'clock) still raging, and has extended in the direction of St. Peter's street as far as the house of Mr. Marrett, and along Rue Sous le Fort to Mr. Arnold's new house, the interior of which is consumed. The wind is from the east, and blow ing freshly, and the burning flakes are carried to a great distance ; there is no saying how far it may extend. The house at the corner of St. Peter's-street and Rue Sous le Fort has also taken, and a house in Chaplin-street was set on fire by the burning shingles falling on the roof, but the flames did not extend to the adjoining house. The roofs of several houses and buildings in the Upper Town have also been set on fire by the burning shingles, but, from the inhabitants being on the alert, the fire has been extinguished without doing much mischief. The flakes were carried completely over the town, and fell thickly on the esplanade. The tide was unfortunately out when the fire com menced, and six large schooners which were aground in the Cul-de-Sac have been consumed, with their cargoes. The whole town is in confusion, and the streets thronged with carts removing property and goods. No estimate can be formed of the amount of property consumed, but the stores of Messrs. Mason, Strang, Langevin, and Co., and the other stores on the wharfs, are said to have been full of goods. So awful a fire was never before known in Quebec. Half-past Four.—The flames have somewhat abated, and it is hoped that the ravages will not extend beyond their present limits. The risks taken upon the several properties by the Quebec Fire Insurance Company amount to 15,1951., viz., 6,5001. on buildings, and 8,695/. on merchandize. Six o'Clock.—The flames are now effectually subdued, and, we are happy in being able to announce, that the Ca tholic Church, although several times on fire, has sustained little damage. From the central situation of this edifice, had the fire taken effect upon it, the dreadful element would, in all probability, have spread through the whole of the market square. AEROSTATSON. VAUXHALL GARDENS. Mr. Green who, not having the fear of a tumble before his eyes, was yet undaunted, nor dreading torrents of rain which visited the Gardens in an inverse ratio to the visitors, made his 224th balloon ascent, among the faint cheers of the assembled 800 or 1,000 persons present—of those who by the inclemency of the weather, and by that alone, had their voices drowned, or they would have burst into cla morous cheers ; for never was there a more superb sight than that elastic bound by which the stupendous machine in a steady manner, left the grounds of Vauxhall. It rose, as we say, steady, and took a direction almost due west. In an instant (in less, if possible) the wavings of a hand kerchief, a hat, and the applause of the spectators must have been equally lost to the eye of the sight-see-ers and the ear of the navigators of the clouds. Never did We see anything more beautiful. The moment the balloon entered the clouds it was received by a dense heavy mass, and the next moment it was in a clearer atmosphere ; again it was darkened, and shortly after we lost sight of it. For a third time it made its appearance, and then it took an altitude, after which we altogether lost it. The following is a matter-of-fact account given us by a gentleman connected with gardens, and, will, we have no doubt, be of interest to the public : " Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather during the whole of the morning, the proprietor of Vauxhall determined to keep faith with the public, and at nine o'clock in the morning the inflation was commenced. On account of the enormous pressure of the wet absorbed by the netting of the balloon, and the consequent pressure on the surface of the silk, the process occupied about half an hour more than on the previous occasion. There were not more than 1,000 persons present, but the confidence created by the suc cess and perfect safety of the three first ascents appeared to have increased the ardour of the amateur aeronauts. Early in the afternoon numerous inquiries had been made con cerning the vacant seats in the car, and at three o'clock six places were secured. Although the day was not at all fa vourable to spectators, it was favourable to what may fairly be called balloon effects, for it is most probable that 10 mi nutes after leaving the earth the aeronauts would find them selves in a brilliant sunshine, with a mass of floating vapour, forming an imaginary earth, immediately below them. The view of the earth must have been in a great measure ob scured, thereby perfecting the illusion which has been often described by former aerial voyagers, of their complete sepa ration from all terrestrial associations. There appeared a dense mass of clouds hovering over the surface of the sur rounding country, but the progress of the balloon made it evident to all that this apparent mass was merely a series of layers of condensed floating vapour, for the machine was at one moment almost lost to the sight, and the next presented its clear outline to its beholders." With respect to this particular ascent it is well to men tion two or three particulars bearing a connection with it. Among others is the circumstance that Mr. Green carried with him a new and more powerful grappling iron, on a principle constructed by Mr. Gyc, jun., which certainly ap peared sufficiently powerful to • arrest the greatest force, short of a 74 rate man of a war in a storm. When this in strument was half lost in the distance, it bore the appear ance of a gigantic spider. We are informed that many places in Germany are desirous of receiving Mr. Green's help, and that the largest towns in England have expressed a similar wish, but that none of them have an idea of the really great expense which must be incurred. Another fact is also interesting—that it is ascertained that no less than 4 cwt. of water must, in consequence of the state of the weather, have been carried up with the balloon. It is an other fact that the gas contained in the balloon would sup ply an argand lamp, of the size ordinarily used in shops, for twelve years, at the quantity of four cubic feet per hour, used four hours per night, and seven nights per week. The ladies and gentlemen who went up in the balloon were Miss Anderson (whose appearance and spirit elicited the warmest marks of admiration from the spectators), Ma dame Fanny Gabrielle Baronne de Talbot ; the Hon. Wm. Talbot, Capt. Ogle, of the Guards, Mr. Woodroffe, Mr. Back, and the two Messrs. Green, in all eight. The aeronauts descended in a field about two miles be yond Uxbridge, after a voyage of one hour and twenty mi nutes. The descent was without difficulty, the grappling iron taking hold in a grass field of about twenty acres, and, after dragging but a short distance, fastened in the earth, and, notwithstanding the stormy nature of the weather, which, at that time, was rather boisterous, the balloon was landed. The passengers landed without the slightest in convenience, and the balloon did not rebound. They pro ceeded to Uxbridge, and, according to their different desti nations, proceeded elsewhere. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—TweIve massy iron columns are now erected in Bermondsey-street. They are intended to support the iron bridge, which we hear is on the road from the foundry. The whole of the rails from the Deptford station to the London end arc laid, and every preparation is making for the grand opening on the Ist of November. Tickets for the dinner to he given by the Reformers of Liverpool to Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell are in great demand. The entertainment will be sumptuous, and the company numerous and highly respectable; and even parties are making in the metropolis to be present on the occa sion. The dinner, though of the best sort, will be wormwood to the Tories. On Tuesday evening a poor man, begging his way, asked at the Swan, Derry-hill, to be allowed to lie in the stable; his request was instantly granted, and shortly after he died; and, as it subsequently appeared, from starvation. He bad pr.:- to e- s viously passed through Chipp en h am , an d rece i ve d a l m s to the m Pence.—Bath Pape r . Sinceu t of of the c e l e b ra t e d i m proved short horned at t thele probable few have equ a ll e d t h e pr i ces f etc h e d at a sale which t oo k place at Mr. M a y nar d' s, near N ort h Allerton, Yorkshire, on the 14th of last month, w h ere this celebrated breed again brought the following p r i ces : Twenty-four cows, 1,099 guineas,_ one of which f etc h e d 103 guineas; fifteen two-year old heifers, 577 guineas, one fetched 70, and another 76 guineas ; nine one-year-old heifers, 275 guineas ; seven heifer calves, 171 guineas; five bulls, 370 guineas, one fetched 160; eight bull calves, 403 guineas, one fetched 120, and another 100 guineas,—York Courant. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. s.—The Spanish Consul at Bayonne has arrived to-day, at Paris ; he is believed to come on some mission. The squadron was to leave Toulon on the Ist of October Its destination is still unknown. The Memorial des Pyrenees says, the insurgents who were dispersed after the glorious action at Villa Robledo, have fallen into the hands of the provincial militia. Above three hundred, including sixteen officers, have already been taken. The Madrid Journals of the 26th and 27th contain nothing relative to the operations of General Alaix in La Mancha. It was announced that thirty persons had been arrested at Granada, among whom were three who had been part of the Junta, and were suspected of being con cerned in the death of the Governor of St. Just. The Sardinian Envoy at Madrid has asked for his passports. M. de Latour Maubourg, our Ambassador to Madrid, arrived at Bayonne on the 30th of September. The Moniteur does not give this morning the article of the evening Ministerial Journal respecting Marshal's Clausel's application for reinforcements. But another Ministerial Journal this morning completes the declaration of the Cabinet on this subject, admitting the number of men to be correct. La Pair adds,—" Marshal Clausel, whose system we have always approved, and whose cha racter we esteem as Governor-General of our possessions in Africa, would be very wrong to think that he alone could insure the prosperity of the colony. France is not so poor ; and to go no further, the manner in which General Bu geaud conducted the expedition to Tremecen, proves that there are still in France men able to conquer a colony and consolidate its prosperity. Marshal Clausel too well un derstands command and discipline not to know that a Minister of War is not to be so bargained with."—Journal du Commerce, Oct. 5. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARis, OCT. 5. Five per Cents., 105 f. 25c. Four per Cents., 99f. 25c. Three per Cents., 7Sf. 5c 20c. 15c. 10c. Rente de Naples, 97f. 10c. 15c. 2Uc. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Spanish Actives, 25%. Spanish Differes, 10%. Spanish Passives, 7 1 4%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 99 99%. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 51. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 33% N 34. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 52f. 1 - taytian Loan, 350 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 30c. ; money, 25f. 27%e. Three months, paper, 25f. 7%c. ; money, 25f. sc. _(burs Authentwue. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.-The rise in the different se curities has had a similar impulse on our market; the Three per Cents. opened at 78f. 20c., rose to 78f. 25c., but receded to 78f. 10c., when about three o'clock another reaction took place to 7Sf. 30c. It is evident that great efforts are made to keep up the prices of the French funds. The Spanish Active Stock opened at 2514, but fell to-25{ sellers, on a report that Villareal had crossed the Ebro ; it is, however, not believed ; the price got up to 253 to No other news ; that of the 27th from Madrid is of no importance for the exterior. P. S. The Three per Cents. have been at 78f. 35c. buyers. It is evident that the news of Villareal is not true; he had on the 23d his head-quarters at Salinas. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 105 f. 40e. ; Three per Cents., 78f. 25c. : Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb bards, —; Differes, ; New Loan, —; Actives, 251; Pas sives, 7-a ; Ducats, 97 35 ; Romans, 1011; Pedros, 51 ; Belgians, 991; Dutch, 52f. —c. • Haytian s , 350 f. ; Mi guels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 241 ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 10+ ; Fi ve per Cent. Perpe tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 331. GERMANY. _ - VIENNA, SEPT. 27.—The Persian Princes, returning from London to their own country, arrived there a few days ago. Our Exchange has been for some days past in a state of agitation which we have not, experienced for a long time. The speculators a la baisse have constantly the advantage, as they have derived great profits from the many accounts, partly true, partly exaggerated, that have been received from Spain and Portugal, by which a considerable decline in the prices has been produced. Other circumstances con curred, such as the accounts from Frankfort, which brought lower quotations, and news, that both there and at Am sterdam considerable losses had been incurred, which had caused a great scarcity of money ; this led to complaints of scarcity of money here, to which must be added the not unlikely prospect that our Bank, like others, will raise the rate of discount, by which money will become dearer. Yes terday Bank Shares were to be had at 1,294, and other Stock in proportion ; this, however, was only for a short time, and all the funds soon improved a little.—Allgenzeine Zeitung, Oct. 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Seer. 26. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1305 —4llgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 1. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTCF:FAM, OCT. 4. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 24 per Cent. 531: 54 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4% per cent...—. ..... .. ..... Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 77 77N Commercial Company, 454 per cent 1754 180% Ditto (1&32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 07% Two months ...... —Dutch Papers, Oct. 5. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, OCT. 1. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 99 981, Ditto ditto 3 per cent. 71% Ditto Bank Shares ...13.)2 1300 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. , 96 % 96 % Anglo-Russian Loan lO2 Paper Inscription. 6 per cent — Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 49 47% Ditto, 3 per cent. — 33 0 Dutch IN per Cents. 5O 56 Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 142 142 M Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 72 72 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents.... — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 2l 2l 54 Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by krance 90 - -Hamburg Papers, Ott. 1. FALLING STARS. In the Scotsman of 29th July, 1835, we gave an account of an extraordinary fall of meteors over a space of a thou sand miles in North America, on 13th November, 1833. A similar phenomenon was observed in 1831 ; again in 1832 in Ohio and at Orenburg in Russia : by Humboldt also in 1799 ; and all about the same period, namely, the middle of Novem ber. In 1833, the shower of meteors continued the whole night ; and it was observed that they seemed to radiate from one point. This point did not shift with the change of the earth's position on its axis, but followed the apparent motion of the stars ; in other words, it continued fixed in one part of the heavens (in gamma Leonis). Their height from the earth was estimated at 2,000 miles. From these and other facts, Professor Olmsted, of Yale College, con cluded that the falling stars were portions of a nebula or body of fine combustible vapour, probably like the tail of a comet, revolving round the sun in six months, which por tions were detached from the rest of the earth's attraction, and falling with immense rapidity, took fire when they reached our atmosphere. The subject has not escaped the attention of M. Arago, whose profound knowledge of phy sics entitles his opinion to great weight. He has adverted to it in a paper, of which we have a translation in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal for July. He mentions observations made in France in November, 1835, confirma tory of the periodical occurrence of the meteors ; rejects the idea of their originating within the atmosphere; and, alluding to the grand display of them i n America in 1833, says—" It is scarcely possible at present to see any other mode of explaining the astonishing . appear ance of these bodies than by supposing that, besides the large planets, there move round the sun myriads of small bodies, which are not visible except when they penetrate into our atmosphere, and there become inflamed ; that some of these asteroids move in a certain sense in groups, and that others are insulated." Again he says—" All these facts tend more and more to confirm us in the belief that there exists a zone composed of millions of small bodies, whose orbits meet the plane of the ecliptic towards th e point which the earth occupies every year from the 11th to the 13th of November. It is a new planetary world just to be revealed to us. " M. Ara go ' s id ea i s , that b e ginning millions lon i s i of globules, or small parcels of nebulous matter, circulate round the sun in a vortex or whirlpool, which crosses the earth's path about the middle of No vember ; and some of these, d rawn f rom t h e i r course by the earth ' s attraction, take fire when they reach the atmosphere, and assume the form of shooting stars. He suggests that they should be looked for at . the opposite p o i nt of the ecliptic about the end of April, and alludes to an observation of Messier, who saw, in Jun e , 17 77, at mid-day, " a prodigious number, of black gl o b u l es pass across the sun for about five minutes. " Might not these be asteroids? This hypothesis explains the facts better than Professor Olmsted's ; for we may suppose millions of these small nebulous bodies revolving at all distances and angles round the sun, but distributed un equally ; some moving singly, some in groups or circular trains, and coming in contact with the earth at any point of its orbit, less or more frequently, less or more abundant in that part of space through which it is moving at the time. We would thus account for the occasional appearance of falling stars at all seasons of the year. The old notion that they were trains of hydrogen, or some other combust ible gas existing in the atmosphere, and accidentally inflamed, is found to be untenable.—Scotsman. CHARGE AGAINST MR. O'CONNELL. The Manchester Guardian of yesterday, in an article on this PAM_ ject, says—" We had two good reasons for abstaining from calling upon Mr. Bell for his authorities, on which he brought forward his charge against M r . O and, in t h e second place, 'Connell. I n t h e first place, it appeared to us unneces sar y t o c all for authorities i n support w u e n i t l r_u w e is ; hers t o M r. O' Connell, ' as owfe aunderstood t meaning friends of that gentleman, the man term ifest l i r amongst whom we h ave n ot the honour to number ourselves. However as Mr. Bell appears to be ready to give up his au t ho r it y ' at our request, we hereby call upon him to do so ; not in the expectation that any additional light will he thereby thrown upon the charge against Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Potter, but with the hope of ascertaining the name of the man who has invented a mali cious but incredible calumny." On Friday last, about seven o'clock in the morn ing, the men employed at the coal-pit on Bannockburn Muir were alarmed by a sudden explosion in the bottom pit, caused by the kindling of foul air or fire damp. This they instantly suspected, and called those who were below; but receiving no answer, they were afraid all the men had perished. However, after a short time it was found to be otherwise, and they sue" ceeded in extricating them from their perilous situation; when, upon investigation, it was found that ouly four had be en hurt, but one of them, named Richardson, so severely, %lir; he died on Sunday. —Stirling Observer.